Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this conspiracy, CBS said, was "to suppress and alter critical intelligence on the enemy" by reducing intelligence estimates of the number of North Vietnamese soldiers streaming into South Vietnam in the five months leading up to the Tet Offensive. In short, CBS accused Westmoreland & Co. of pulling a treasonous fast one on the American people...
Most of the time, the show opts for subtler flecks of wit, often tucked into the edges and backgrounds of scenes. The restaurant where two characters meet (look fast) is called Ma Raison, and one of Cane's bright ideas to save the farm is something called a bran raisin -- no need to add cereal. Other, broader gags can be quite funny. When one character finds himself face to face with a loaded gun, he coolly dares the malefactor to shoot: "You're not scared, are you? . . . Maybe you're too used to having someone do your dirty work." Only...
...more outward-looking under Mikhail Gorbachev, but a feature on Moscow television last week was nonetheless a stopper. The news program International Panorama showed a favorable five-minute report on McDonald's. Filmed at one of its restaurants in New York City, the segment highlighted the efficiency of the fast-food operation, an uncommon tribute in a land devoted to disdaining capitalism. The salute encouraged McDonald's to hope that its ten-year effort to open restaurants in the Soviet Union will at last succeed...
...Pizza Hut also hopes to win the fast-food race to Moscow. The PepsiCo subsidiary announced that it was in the final stages of negotiations to put as many as 100 Pizza Huts in the Soviet Union beginning in late...
Once unknown in the U.S., Campeau is the latest in a long line of Canadians who are streaming across the border with bundles of cash and a sharp eye for lucrative opportunities. The invaders range from hit-and-run investors mainly interested in fast profits to empire builders who have put down deep roots in the U.S. As the money pours into stores, skyscrapers and factories, capital has suddenly become the most visible Canadian export to the States since ice hockey...